Chelm
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Borrowed from Polish Chełm. Doublet of holm.
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Chelm
- A city in Poland, known for the Jewish stories about its (mythical) stupid residents.
- 2010 January 27, "nordicskiv2" <David.L.Webb@Dartmouth.edu>, "Re: HELMsman", message-ID <6dd30c30-f7a7-4c45-b737-bf2cf44c9e49@l19g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, humanities.lit.authors.shakespeare, Usenet [2]:
- You are the quintessential Chelmsman, Art -- indeed, you are the prince of the Sages of Chelm.
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